El 26 de septiembre de 2014 en un operativo policiaco-militar en la ciudad de Iguala, Guerrero 43 estudiantes fueron desaparecidos, alumnos de la Escuela Normal Rural de Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, México, donde se forman maestros rurales. El operativo consistió en el cerco de los estudiantes y luego una serie de ataques a manos de policías uniformados unos y otros vestidos de civil, así como de sicarios de grupos del narco. 6 estudiantes y transeuntes murieron en los ataques, decenas de estudiantes resultaron heridos, así como jóvenes futbolistas que transitaban en la zona, 43 estudiantes fueron desaparecidos y al día de hoy las investigaciones no han arrojado pruebas firmes sobre su paradero. La indignación ante estos hechos rápidamente recorrió el mundo mientras el gobierno mexicano callaba.
Esta imagen forma parte de una serie que se titula “Ayotzinapa en pie de lucha”, y que sencillamente toma las imágenes de manifestantes en diversas partes del país, portando pancartas hechas por ellos mismos exigiendo la presentación inmediata con vida de los 43. El 8 de octubre de ese 2014 las y los zapatistas salían a las calle de San Cristóbal de las Casas, para exigir la presentación inmediata con vida de los 43 de Ayotzinapa, este cartel alude a una imagen de ese día.
On September 26 2014, in a police-military operation that took place in the city of Iguala, Guerrero, 43 students were forcibly disappeared. They were students at the Rural “Normal” School of Ayotzinapa, where rural teachers receive their training. The operation consisted of surrounding the students and then a series of attacks by uniformed police officer and other plainclothes officers, as well as groups of narco hitmen. Six students and bystanders died in the attacks, dozens of students were injured, and also young soccer players who were passing through the area. 43 students were forcibly disappeared and until this day the investigations have not found any solid proof of their whereabouts. The indignation about these events quickly spread around the world while the Mexican government kept quiet.
This image is part of a series called “Ayotzinapa in the Struggle”. It simply takes images of protesters in diverse parts of Mexico, carrying placards they made themselves that demand the immediate appearance of the 43 alive. On October 8, 2014, the Zapatistas took to the streets of San Cristóbal de Las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico to demand the immediate appearance of the 43 alive. The image on this poster is taken from that day.
Gráfica de Lucha is a decntralized, mobile studio/printshop that produces graphic images about social movement struggles and resistance.
